Charles Caleb
Charles Caleb
money evil gains
To cure us of our immoderate love of gain, we should seriously consider how many goods there are that money will not purchase, and these the best; and how many evils there are that money will not remedy, and these the worst.
funny sarcastic yield
Deliberate with caution, but act with decision and yield with graciousness, or oppose with firmness.
struggle succeed revolution
Attempts at reform, when they fail, strengthen despotism, as he that struggles tightens those cords he does not succeed in breaking.
wise men littles
We must be careful how we flatter fools too little, or wise men too much, for the flatterer must act the very reverse of the physician, and administer the strongest dose only to the weakest patient.
law genius talent
With the offspring of genius, the law of parturition is reversed; the throes are in the conception, the pleasure in the birth.
genius talent particular
Genius in one grand particular is like life. We know nothing of either but by their effects.
hope expectations heirs
Hope is a prodigal young heir, and experience is his banker.
knowledge perfect brain
The seat of perfect contentment is in the head; for every individual is thoroughly satisfied with his own proportion of brains.
art school speech
Eloquence is the language of nature, and cannot be learned in the schools; but rhetoric is the creature of art, which he who feels least will most excel in.
vanity funeral world
Those who bequeath unto themselves a pompous funeral, are at just so much expense to inform the world of something that had much better be concealed; namely, that their vanity has survived themselves.
inspirational two innovation
We ought not to be over-anxious to encourage innovation in cases of doubtful improvement, for an old system must ever have two advantages over a new one; it is established, and it is understood.
passion greed may
The avarice of the miser may be termed the grand sepulchral of all his other passions, as they successively decay.
children knowledge enemy
Religion has treated knowledge sometimes as an enemy, sometimes as a hostage; often as a captive and more often as a child; but knowledge has become of age, and religion must either renounce her acquaintance, or introduce her as a companion and respect her as a friend.
death two sound
Death is like thunder in two particulars; we are alarmed, at the sound of it; and it is formidable only from that which preceded it.